An investigation is beginning into the fatal crash last week of a Slovakian air force Antonov An-24RV that killed at least 42 NATO peacekeepers. The accident was near the Hungarian village of Hejce, 250km (155 miles) north east of Budapest. There was one survivor. The aircraft was en route from Pristina, capital of the Serbian autonomous region of Kosovo, and was 12km from its base in Kosice, Slovakia.
Source: Flight International
Factory work is underway in Marietta, Georgia on the first of three C-130J airframes that Lockheed Martin will deliver to the US Navy as E-130s – a new type meant to replace ageing Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command post jets.
The UK has conducted a first air-launched guided firing of MBDA’s Spear lightweight cruise missile, from a BAE Systems-operated Eurofighter Typhoon testbed.
Ottawa will station a portion of its new Airbus A330-based aerial refuelling fleet at Edmonton International airport in Alberta province, expanding upon the existing tanker base in Trenton, Ontario.
